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20 “A protector[a] comes to Zion,
to those in Jacob who repent of their rebellious deeds,”[b] says the Lord.

21 “As for me, this is my promise to[c] them,” says the Lord. “My Spirit, who is upon you, and my words, which I have placed in your mouth, will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and descendants from this time forward,”[d] says the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 59:20 tn Or “redeemer.” See the note at 41:14.
  2. Isaiah 59:20 tn Heb “and to those who turn from rebellion in Jacob.”
  3. Isaiah 59:21 tn Or “my covenant with” (so many English versions); NCV “my agreement with.”sn The Lord promises the repentant (note “to them”) that they and their offspring will possess his spirit and function as his spokesmen. In this regard they follow in the footsteps of the Lord’s special servant. See 42:1; 49:2; 51:16.
  4. Isaiah 59:21 tn Heb “from now and on into the future.”

20 “The Redeemer(A) will come to Zion,(B)
    to those in Jacob who repent of their sins,”(C)
declares the Lord.

21 “As for me, this is my covenant(D) with them,” says the Lord. “My Spirit,(E) who is on you, will not depart from you,(F) and my words that I have put in your mouth(G) will always be on your lips, on the lips of your children and on the lips of their descendants—from this time on and forever,” says the Lord.

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